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Keyboard shortcuts in Prezi Present

Shortcuts can help you with precision. They also expand your editing horizons and help you work quickly and more efficiently. Not to mention, they give your out-of-breath mouse a rest.

Editing shortcuts

Windows

ALT + click and drag: disable snapping
ALTGr + drag corner or CTRL + ALT + drag corner (Windows 10): rotate an object or topic
CTRL + drag corner: resize an object or topic from its center point
SHIFT + drag: draw a rectangle to select multiple objects
SHIFT + click: select multiple objects
SHIFT + keyboard arrows: move selection
Up, down, left, right arrows: nudge selection

CTRL + A: Select all
CTRL + C: Copy
CTRL + X: Cut
CTRL + V: Paste
CTRL + Z: Undo 
CTRL + G: Group
CTRL + M: Add default topic
CTRL : E: Advanced topic editing (topic has to be selected)
CTRL + R: Reload editor
CTRL + Shift + G: Ungroup
CTRL + F: Find and replace text
SPACE: Drag the canvas while holding down the 'space' key
BACKSPACE: Delete
CTRL + BACKSPACE: delete text word by word

Mac

CMD + click and drag: disable snapping
CMD + drag corner: rotate an object or topic
OPTION/ALT + drag corner: resize an object or topic from its center point
SHIFT + drag: draw a rectangle to select multiple objects
SHIFT + click: select multiple objects
SHIFT + keyboard arrows: move selection
Up, down, left, right arrows: nudge selection

CMD + A: Select all
CMD + C: Copy
CMD + X: Cut
CMD + V: Paste
CMD + Z: Undo
CMD + E: Advanced topic editing (topic has to be selected)
CMD + G: Group
CMD + Shift + G: Ungroup
CMD + F: Find and replace text
CMD + R: Reload editor
CMD + M: Add default topic
SPACE: Drag the canvas while holding down the 'space' key
BACKSPACE: Delete
ALT + BACKSPACE: delete text word by word
CMD + up arrow/down arrow: zoom in/out of the canvas

Presenting shortcuts

F5 (Win) / CMD+P (Mac): Present

Right and left arrows: move forward and backward a step

Backspace: go back one layer in the presentation

Home (Win) / Fn + left arrow (Mac): navigate to the first step or custom starting point of the presentation (presenting from editor or from the Viewer app)

End (Win) / Fn + right arrow (Mac): navigate to the last step of the presentation (presenting from the editor or from the Viewer app)

ESC: Exit fullscreen

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